Country Russia Administrative center selo of Mayya Rural okrugs 29 Area 11,733 km² | Federal subject Sakha Republic Settlements 1 Urban-type settlements 1 Founded 10 February 1930 | |
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Megino-Kangalassky District (Russian: Ме́гино-Кангала́сский улу́с; Yakut: Мэҥэ Хаҥалас улууһа, Meñe Xañalas uluuha, [meŋe xaŋalas uluːha]) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the central part of the republic, on the Lena River opposite Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. It borders Ust-Aldansky District in the north, Churapchinsky District in the east, Amginsky District in the southeast, Khangalassky District in the southwest, and is bounded by the Lena River in the west. The area of the district is 11,700 square kilometers (4,500 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Mayya. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 31,278, with the population of Mayya accounting for 23,.3% of that number.
Contents
- Map of Megino Kangalassky District Sakha Republic Russia
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Inhabited localities
- Demographics
- References
Map of Megino-Kangalassky District, Sakha Republic, Russia
History
The district was established on February 10, 1930 through the merger of Meginsky and Vostochno-Kangalassky Districts.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Megino-Kangalassky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic. It is divided into one settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Nizhny Bestyakh) and twenty-nine rural okrugs (naslegs), all of which comprise thirty-five rural localities. The selo of Mayya serves as its administrative center.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Megino-Kangalassky Municipal District. The Settlement of Nizhny Bestyakh is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the twenty-nine rural okrugs are incorporated into thirty rural settlements within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Nizhny Bestyakh serves as the administrative center of the municipal district.
Inhabited localities
*Administrative centers are shown in bold
Demographics
The population of the district is predominantly made up of ethnic Yakuts, who represented 91% of the inhabitants in the 2002 Census. Russians accounted for a further 6.4% of the population, with smaller numbers of Ukrainians and Evenks.